The sound this guitar makes is sheer genius. It sings in clean, rocks in overdrive and thrashes with large amounts of overdrive added. This guitar could be compatible in any situation or musical style.

I love this guitar. Esp's fantastic. Their guitar come made to play straight out of the box. The only thing i wish it had was 24 frets. Then again its based on someone elses guitar. The features of this guitar are all top of the line, pro features.

This is one of the truly greatest sounding guitars I own. I own nothing but esp's and jackson's and this guitar stomps on all of them (except my Alexi 600 :p). Its extremely playable the shorter neck compliments the 22 fret design.

If yoiu take care of it, it will take care of you. It chips somewhat easily, just be careful and it should be just fine. Also the on the road is great, it should last very well.

Most definetly worth every f*&^ing penny.

I havent had to deal with any support.

Its extremely sexy i think.

Active musician

Grindcore, Melodic Death Metal, Speed Metal. METAL!!

Amazing.

To the guy who wrote the last review, he does not have a trem in his "actuall" guitar. he used a white gibson v untill he switched to esp.

verry nice sitting or standing. Most people believe you can't sit with a v. which is not true at all, if you can't figure it out, just put one of the wings inbetween your legs and it plays like a dream. haha

Esp is always amazing, hands down best guitar i've ever played.

Price is a little steep, but its well worth it.

Never had to go for support. But its esp, so..10

Pictures do not do it justice. this thing is beautiful.

Active musician

Metal.

Seymour Duncans, thru-neck, tone pros bridge. HELLO! Fat tone, great components, no complaints

The bone-head that complained that this is not as good a value as the Razorback because it does not have a Floyd Rose. He also stated that this guitar does not have a trem like Michael Amott's "actual guitar". First, Floyd Rose trems are JUNK! Ask ANY guitar tech worth his salt, and they will say the same. They are a MAJOR pain in the butt to set up and when you bend notes on the fretboard, the trem moves! In a nutshell,...you never actually reach your musical direction when bending notes on a FR equipt guitar. The other thing is that this guitar should not be compared to the razorback. They are very different guitars. The Ninja is a short scale 22 fret neck. The Razorback is 24 frets, 25.5" neck. One is a Floyd Rose guitar, the Ninja is a fixed bridge. Secondly,....Michael Amott's guitar does NOT have a tremolo on it. He has NEVER used one in his career. I am a huge Arch Enemy and Carcass fan. I've seen them live. Michael Amott used an ESP gibson replica V before this model came out. He played a Les Paul in the Johan Liiva AE period.

No problems. Needs a bit of set up and fine tuning like any guitar, but plays just super. Highly recommend.

Super. I doubt anyone other than a true pro-level player can tell the difference between this and a ESP japanese model. For a fraction of the price, the LTD is 95%+ as good as its more expensive cousin.

no experience.

hobbyist

metal, thrash, anything sick and heavy

Michael Amott is a no joke guitarist, and this guitar proves it. It even sounds nice clean or with a small bit of overdrive...even though we all know that's not the reason you want it.

I'd hoped Amott had a tremolo on his signature series, which he clearly does on his actual guitar. Even without the trem, though, the guitar is no joke.

I don't normally say this, but ESP has actually done a good job creating a guitar with a nice neck. Michael is a good guitarist, but half of his strength lies in how easy his guitar is to play. Don't sit down with it, though.

The only thing wrong with the guitar is how easily the paint chips on the edgy pieces of the V (but that's normal on guitars like this). The wood's sturdy, though.

It's worth every penny unless you abuse a whammy bar (mentioned in the Features, Amott's actual guitar has a tremolo on it). In this case, you can alternatively get a Razorback for the same amount (Razorback has a Floyd Rose Trem on it but isn't as hum-sing as the Ninja), which is why I rated the value low. I wouldn't pay $1000 for the guitar when I got a Razorback for the same amount.

ESP's support crew are very helpful. My friend bought a guitar from them that wasn't set up and ready to play out of the box, they helped him set it up and everything.

Players with V's are drop-dead gorgeous to the ladies and "the proof of shred" to the guys. You walk on stage with a V, everyone seems to think you can shred like Dragonforce. Better live up to the hype of playing a V, though, especially Michael Amott's V. I think the Razorback looks slightly more attractive, but that's just me.

Active musician: 4 years, lead guitar

Anywhere from hard rock or punk rock to death/thrash metal

this guitar is unreal ,a perfect shredding guitar

love the fret inlays

so easy to use your fingers just move with the guitar

one of best guitars i know

heck yeah i want one